Salad Aisle at Osh Bazaar

Thanks to the local Korean population, each market in Central Asia seems to have a salad aisle devoted to pickled vegetables and other salads.The Korean backstory: Stalin deported approximately 200,000 Koreans from the Russian Far East to Central Asia in 1937 on the grounds that they might be spies or traitors. There are an estimated 450,000 Koreans in Central Asia today.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan. Salad Aisle at Osh Bazaar
© September 13 2007, Uncornered Market

Thanks to the local Korean population, each market in Central Asia seems to have a salad aisle devoted to pickled vegetables and other salads.

The Korean backstory: Stalin deported approximately 200,000 Koreans from the Russian Far East to Central Asia in 1937 on the grounds that they might be spies or traitors. There are an estimated 450,000 Koreans in Central Asia today.

Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.

Picture Location
Tactile and Sweet Natural Sweetness
Bishkek Impressions - Kyrgyzstan
Street Drinks Tasty Corner
Kyrgyzstan: Food and Markets
Tactile and Sweet Tasty Corner
Photo Tags
food markets food Osh Bazaar Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Korean pickled vegetables Central Asia
Camera Settings
Model - NIKON D70
Exposure - 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture - f/6.3
ISO Speed - 200
Exposure Bias - 0 EV
Focal Length - 32 mm
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